An almost perfect all-rounder at a fair price

An almost perfect all-rounder at a fair price

Lenovo IdeaPad Z50-75 80EC003NGE notebook with FX-7500 R7 hybrid drive, 80EC003NGE (Personal Computers)

Customer Review

My predecessor notebook (Lenovo Z575) had the first mobile APU generation of AMD (Llano) on board. That was an AMD A6-3400M with a dedicated AMD 6650M graphics card. In this notebook, there is a combination of an AMD FX-7500 APU (Kaveri) and a dedicated R7 M260DX.

To the same to explain the difference. With my old laptop it was worth it to disable Crossfire and mainly to use the dedicated graphics unit. This here is not, unless you need as much 3D performance, such as in hardware demanding games. But then again only in conjunction with Crossfire. Why? Unfortunately, the memory bandwidth of the dedicated graphics unit was cut to 64 bits. Since the 2 GB RAM GPU bring then precious little. The whole thing in Crossfire operation sense because the graphics unit of the APU and the dedicated GPU are then about the same speed. In my Z575, it was just handy in games the graphics unit of APU rest and leave instead potter only the GPU (the APU in order to relieve back). Thus you could pick out my opinion the maximum. But really bad, it is again not as has happened in terms of performance / efficiency between A6-3400M and FX-7500 quite a bit.
The new APU is also convincing in many respects. For multimedia / normal gaming such as World of Tanks or World of Warcraft, the new APU done entirely satisfactory work. The course does not come close to a R9 M290X. But it also needs significantly less power. This is evident even in the battery life. Kaveri is much more economical than even the previous generation (s).

Otherwise, one can only say that the whole package right. You get a multimedia notebook with interesting features. The Full HD display convinced. Likewise, the Dolby sound system that really what makes for the size. Bluetooth there on top, which is also not a foregone conclusion. Anyone planning to downgrade to Windows 7, which must be said that Lenovo basically offers a driver support for it on the web, you have this but rather sloppy in my opinion, because at least one driver (see at tips below) then it fails and Windows 7 itself for a pure SSD rather long needs to boot. Reason? Unknown. The notebook you should of course be treated very carefully, because actually everything is made of plastic. A Panasonic Toughbook, it is not so. In the price range then you have to stop but a few compromises in terms of processing / making quality.

+ Positive / o Neutral / - Negative:

+ Full HD Display
+ 8 GB RAM
+ Bluetooth
+ Significant progress in energy efficiency / battery life
+ Full-size keyboard
+ Original AMD Catalyst driver can be used; no dependence more from Lenovo directly
+ Practical, large maintenance cover on the bottom side, under the find everything (CPU cooler, RAM, HDD / SSD)

o In fact, everything from plastic
o equipment could be better, eg no status LEDs for HDD / SSD

- Poor driver support for Windows 7
- Dedicated graphics card (R7 M260DX) has only 64-bit memory interface

Tips:
1. Crossfire and dedicated graphics unit off (Under AMD Dual Graphics AMD Radeon Dual Graphics disable click, then configure Switchable graphics: put everything on energy saving; so is all the APU assigned
2. Always use the latest AMD Catalyst drivers and not original to the Lenovo website (outdated)
3. (a forum), follow these troubleshooting steps When you install Windows 7 and driver issues (Microsoft ACPI-compliant power indicator):
*** In the Device Manager on the unknown device double, choose the tab "Driver" and "Update Driver" and then on "Browse my computer for driver software" button. Then "from a list of device drivers ..." button. For manufacturer "Microsoft" (not M. Corporation) Select and select "ACPI-compliant power meter device Microsoft" then in model. Click "Next" and then from the unknown unit on Microsoft ACPI-compliant power indicator. The device list is about the "Lenovo ACPI-Compliant Virtual Power Controller". I'm assuming that the device naming has not been translated for the German driver and the device is therefore not automatically recognized in a German Windows version. ***
4. Recommended accessories: AmazonBasics Case for laptop / tablet with diagonal 15.6 inches / 39.6 cm AmazonBasics sleeve for laptops with a screen size of 38.1 to 39.6 cm (15 to 15.6 inches)

Chic ... Rank: 5/5
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Case logic External Rank: 5/5
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